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Astronomers have seen the faint glow of giant planets circling distant stars far beyond our own solar system for the first time, two teams of scientists reported Tuesday. Their discovery marks a major ...

The glow of planets outside our solar system have been spotted in the first direct detections of light emitted by alien worlds. The two planets were detected in infrared light, an emission of heat ...

Turns out the Red Planet is a little more green than we thought. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has detected a tinge of green in the atmosphere, making it the first time this aurora-like glow has ...

A University of Arizona-led team discovered a growing planet, WISPIT 2b, forming inside a disk gap around a young star. The finding confirms theories that protoplanets carve out gaps in disks of gas ...

The first week of March will conclude with a celestial meet-up of the smallest and largest planets in the solar system, but it will only be visible to those up well before daybreak and under a ...

Astronomers photographed a baby planet, WISPIT 2b, during its formation process within a dusty ring around its star system.

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